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If you are a Visitor to Nova Scotia This Year, You Will Want to Take in the Popular Halifax Historic Tour and Peggy’s Cove Tour put on by the TripAdvisor “Certificate Of Excellence Winners” HALIFAX TOUR GUYS!

The historic tour of Halifax includes stops at the Halifax Explosion, Pier 21, Halifax Public Gardens, Sinking of the RMS Titanic, Horse Shoe Island, Halifax Citadel, and other historically significant sites to visit when visiting Halifax Nova Scotia.

This historic tour of Halifax is roughly 4 hours in length or so and is usually customized to suit your schedule and preferences. Beginning at Pier 21, this tour takes visitors to the gateway to Canada where more than one million immigrants between 1928 and 1971 passed through.

Pier 21 is referred to as the “Ellis Island of Canada” is The National Museum of Immigration, and may have the history of your family if they entered Canada through Halifax.

This Halifax Historic Tour is one of the most popular tours of Nova Scotia and also includes stops at the Immigration Museum at Pier 21, Historic Victorian and Georgian Homes in the South End Of Halifax, Point Pleasant Park, and a stroll through the Halifax Public Gardens.

From there you can visit Halifax’s Citadel Hill, Fleming Park, War of 1812, Halifax Explosion, and Titanic Burial Site.

Halifax and Peggy’s Cove Tour

Halifax Historic Tours have become the Finest Private Guided tours on the East Coast of Canada! & Limousine Service in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Historic Halifax and Peggy’s Cove Tours are now the most popular Tour in Nova Scotia! The tour put on by the Halifax Tour Guys takes about 5-6 hours depending on the length ‎of time spent at each stop. Your tour guide will show you all the main highlights in the city of Halifax while stopping along route for you to take pictures.

On our way back to Halifax we will travel through the Village of West Dover, Communities of ‎Bayside, Shad Bay, Prospect Bay, White’s Lake and Hatchet Lake. Once back in Halifax, if time allows, the Halifax Tour Guys will see some more of the Highlights of Halifax on the way to your Cruise Ship, hotel, or Halifax Stanfield Airport.

This small, quaint fishing village is a picture perfect stop for tourists to Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. The Cove itself is still busy with local fisherman hard at work getting ready for fishing, bringing in their catch, or repairing their fishing gear, lobster traps, and boats.

Although busy they are friendly and enjoy answering questions or simply passing the time chatting with visitors. Peggy’s Cove has a classic red-and-white lighthouse with an automated light still maintained‎ by the Canadian Government.

The lighthouse is situated on an extensive granite out crop at Peggy’s. Point, immediately south of the village and it’s cove. Visitors can explore the granite out crop around the lighthouse, but they need to use cation near the water! Despite the warning signs posted about wet slippery rocks and unpredictable surf, visitors have slipped on the dark wet rocks or have been swept off the rocks by waves, sometimes drowning. Please be careful on the rocks.

TripAdvisor Reviews

1. Peggy’s Cove is spectacular!

“We were a group of 6 on a cruise ship. Doug picked us up as scheduled and we proceeded to the Titanic cemetery. Then we drove to Peggy’s Cove with a lot of interesting stops on the way. A wonderful lady named Mary, who has an art gallery, let us take pictures and gave each of us a souvenir dragonfly that she had painted. Everyone loved the stop at the lobster shop where the owner gave a demonstration on the lobster industry. Peggy’s Cove is spectacular. On the way back to the ship, Doug took us to a seafood restaurant for a lobster lunch. Doug was well-verses in the history and culture of the area and really made the tour special.”

2. Best of Halifax in one day!

We were in port for one day on a Canadian Cruise. Doug picked us up early right outside the terminal. We packed in a ton of sights, meet some great local people and had a fantastic local lunch. Doug was so easy to talk to and you felt like you were spending the day with an old friend. We toured the beautiful coastline, the Titanic cemetery, the Citadel, and my favorite Peggy’s Cove. Also, a great lunch at The Finer Diner. I recommend this tour for anyone.

If you are coming to Nova Scotia this Summer or Fall and will be looking for a guided tour of Grand Pre, Minas Basin Halls Harbor, or the Bay of Fundy, the Halifax Tour Guys, a private tour company in Halifax NS will be your private tour guides.

This tour of Nova Scotia starts in Halifax and is roughly 6 or 7 hours in length as it passes along Peggy’s Cove, the Minas Basin and down along many areas in the Valley that are right on the Bay of Fundy. The Halifax Tour Guides are the most popular tour company in Nova Scotia and employee the most friendly and knowledgeable tour guides anywhere in the province.

Cruise Ship Pickup

The Halifax Tour Guys will pick you up at your cruise ship when it arrives in the Port of Halifax and head out on your private guided tour of Nova Scotia right away. You can stop at anytime for a meal, a drink, or to use the washroom anytime you wish. Please let us know before you arrive on your cruise ship terminal and we will have a tour guide waiting for you up around Pier 21 / Pier 22 when your ship arrives.

Halifax Airport Pickup

If you arrive at the Halifax Airport, we can pick you up there as well. There are many tours to choose from so make sure you fill out the Nova Scotia tour form a week or two before you arrive in Halifax so we can book you in for a tour of Peggy’s Cove, Historic Halifax, or the Bay of Fundy Tour which again includes stops in Grand Pre, the Minas Basin, and Halls Harbor.

Halifax Hotel Pickup

If you arrive in Halifax by car or train and are staying at a Halifax Hotel, just let us know ahead of time which Halifax tour you wish to take and we will arrange for someone to meet you to start the tour.

If you are staying at a Halifax hotel and are interested in a tour of Historic Halifax, that usually includes stops at the Halifax Citadel, the site of the Halifax Explosion, and the Titanic memorial site. The Halifax Private Tour Guides policy is to have our guests back at your cruise ship about one hour before your ship leaves Halifax.

Grand Pre Tour

After leaving Halifax, the Halifax Cruise Ship Tour Guys will first take you on the Grand Pre Tour. Grand Pre is a UNESCO World Heritage site where the Acadians were expelled from the Province by the British in 1755.

Part of the Grand Pre private tour winds along the shore drive and takes us to the Evangeline Beach where you will be delighted at the breathtaking beauty of the Blomidon Ridge. You can walk at low tide or go for a short swim at high tide if time permits. This area is right on the Bay of Fundy and has the highest tides in the world! There are so many things to see in this area like plovers and eagles, but don’t venture out to far as the tide rises fast, often as high as 54 feet.

The Grand Pre Winery is next on our tour. Many tourists can’t wait for this part of the tour mostly because of the wine tasting! There are many vineyards that are open for a short walk in the Summer months. Most of the wineries will let you tour the vineyards and taste the many Nova Scotian wines that are popular amongst tourists who visit this region of Canada.

Wolfville & Minas Basin Tour

As we travel on our tour of the Minas Basin through the Town of Wolfville, which is very close to Minas Basin, we can easily see the Bay of Fundy. The Town of Wolfville is separated from the Minas Basin by many agricultural dykes built in the 17th century by the Acadians.

If you happen to be on this tour of Wolfville when the Fundy tides are coming in, you won’t soon forget the experience. A record amount of tidal water fills the Wolfville Harbor each day, in which many local residents have become accustomed to. But it sure is a sight if you are coming here on a private guided tour of the Valley or the Minas Basin.

Halls Harbor Tour

Next on your Grand Pre and Valley Wine Tour we travel to Kingsport Beach, which is just across the Minas Basin and the Evangeline Beech.

Next we travel up North Mountain where we stop at the Look Off, and on a good day you can see far out to sea, often as much as a hundred miles on a clear day. Next we are off to Halls Harbor, which is right on the Bay of Fundy. Again, this area experiences the highest tides in the world, a real phenomenon to locals and tourists alike.

Interested in Fresh Lobster? Well you are in luck because fresh lobster is in season and most restaurants in this are have lobster lunch specials on the menu for you to enjoy.

All the Valley tours and Winery tours have a knowledgeable tour guide who is well versed in the History of Nova Scotia. Your Halifax Tour Guide will let you ask questions and take photographs as well.

Grand Pre + Valley + Wine Tour + High Tides Tour Price

$60 Per hour per vehicle (6 Passenger Van) – Best Value!

$65 Per hour per vehicle (3 Passenger Sedan)

$75 Per hour per vehicle (7 Passenger SUV)

$95 Per hour per vehicle (8 Passenger Stretch Limo)

Included: Grand Pre, Valley, Wine Tour, High Tides (Minimum 6 hrs)

Tours of Nova Scotia Run Year Round & Tourists Can Be Picked Up At The Halifax Cruise Ship terminal, Any Halifax Hotel, The Halifax Airport, and The Yarmouth Ferry – contact@halifaxcruiseshipshoretours.com and/or call us at 1-902-406-6314 to Book Your Next Tour of Nova Scotia!

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